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This Week's Sky at a Glance, January 12 – 20
Friday, January 12 • Sirius, the Dog Star, rises in the east-southeast around the end of twilight now, if you're near latitude 40° north (New York, Denver, Madrid, Athens). From such latitudes, Procyon — left of Sirius, by 2½ fists at arm's length — precedes it up; "Procyon" is from…
This Week's Sky at a Glance, January 5 – 13
Orion strides up the southeastern sky after nightfall in January. Above it glitters Aldebaran. Above Aldebaran are the Pleiades. Far left of them shines Capella.
This Week's Sky at a Glance, December 29 – January 6
In the evening sky tonight, look lower left of the waxing gibbous Moon for Aldebaran, and upper left of the Moon for the Pleiades.
This Week's Sky at a Glance, December 22 – 30
Sirius, the Dog Star, sparkles low in the east-southeast after dinnertime. Procyon, the Little Dog Star, shines in the east to Sirius's left.
This Week's Sky at a Glance, December 15 – 23
As the Summer Triangle sinks in the west, Altair is the first of its stars to go. Start by spotting bright Vega in the northwest at nightfall. The brightest star above it is Deneb. Altair is farther to Vega's lower left.
This Week's Sky at a Glance, December 8 – 16
Astronomy is an outdoor nature hobby. For an easy constellation guide to the evening sky, use the map in the center of Sky & Telescope magazine.
This Week's Sky at a Glance, November 24 – December 2
When Fomalhaut is due south, you'll always find the first stars of Orion beginning to rise in the east, and the Pointers of the Big Dipper due north below Polaris.
This Week's Sky at a Glance, November 17 – 25
As twilight fades, look low in the southwest for Saturn and Mercury.
This Week's Sky at a Glance, November 10 – 18
Vega is the brightest star in the west in early evening. Its little constellation Lyra extends to the left. Somewhat farther left is 3rd-magnitude Albireo, the beak of Cygnus.
This Week's Sky at a Glance, November 3 – 11
The full Moon of November always rides very high in the middle of the night, almost as high as the full Moon of December.
This Week's Sky at a Glance, October 27 – November 4
Saturn, in southern Ophiuchus, glows low in the southwest at dusk this week. It's the only bright planet in evening view.
This Week's Sky at a Glance, October 20 – 28
Look northeast in the starry sky these evenings. Capella shines low and brightest. Upper right of Capella, and upper left of the Pleiades, the stars of Perseus stand astride the Milky Way.
This Week's Sky at a Glance, October 13 – 21
Want to become an amateur astronomer? First, learn your way around the constellations! They're the key to locating everything fainter and deeper to hunt with binoculars or a telescope.
This Week's Sky at a Glance, October 6 – 14
Want to become an amateur astronomer? Learn your way around the constellations! They're the key to locating everything fainter and deeper to hunt with binoculars or a telescope.
This Week's Sky at a Glance, September 29 – October 7
Sky at a Glance, Friday, September 29 -- As the stars come out in late twilight, look high above the Moon for Altair.
This Week's Sky at a Glance, September 22 – 30
Friday, September 22 • Low in the west-southwest during twilight, spot the thin waxing crescent Moon. Can you see Jupiter to the lower right of it, by about 7°? (for North America.) • Equinox: Autumn begins in the Northern Hemisphere, and spring in the Southern Hemisphere, at 4:02 p.m.…
This Week's Sky at a Glance, September 15 – 23
Saturn (magnitude +0.4, in Ophiuchus above Scorpius) glows in the south-southwest at dusk. Antares twinkles 13° to Saturn's lower right.
This Week's Sky at a Glance, September 8 – 16
Mercury and Mars are passing each other very low in the glow of sunrise, well to the lower left of Venus. Regulus is also with them, as shown in sky scenes here.
This Week's Sky at a Glance, September 1 – 9
The waxing gibbous Moon is appears equally distant from Saturn, well to its right, and Altair, high to its upper left.
This Week's Sky at a Glance, August 25 – September 2
Look low in the west in twilight for the waxing crescent Moon. It forms a triangle with Jupiter and Spica below it.
